3SGE BEAMS converted 89 E30///Stock as a rock 88 E30 325i Touring///

[e30guydownunder]

The small case / medium case diffs use the same length shafts, 325i shafts are reportedly slightly larger (in diameter) than 318i shafts, but side by side I couldn't tell the dfiference.

[kameleon]

Cheers.

Japan is the go mate.

[Anthony B]

I love your car, I went looking for a 3sg but it's such a hard motor to hunt down in Sydney :/

[kameleon]

This arrived today, still yet to find some medium case diff side shafts unfortunately.

[kameleon]

Thanks mate, certainly makes a huge difference that steering wheel alone.

I have some Bride full kevlar reclining Stradias to go in after rego too. Hopefully it gels well with the rest of the interior.

[e30guydownunder]

looks like a nice office, makes me miss my daily E30!

Good Luck getting it fully rego'd will make a great streeter

[kameleon]

Picked up the Torsen 4:10 Z3 LSD diff on saturday, and have been driving the car around in the heat wave we have been having down here in Melbourne (8 days over 32 degrees so far, mostly hovering around 36 degrees celcius. which is about 97 degrees farenheit for you guys in America)

The AC works very well indeed and the Alcantra wheel does not get sticky or anything in the sun too which is good.

So just been driving and beating on it to see what would/will break and so far nothing has. The stock open diff didn't like the burnouts though and is now whining pretty bad :)

Also got a picture out the front of the new BMW dealer down here in Waverley.

Shame i am still awaiting parts from America and the sway bars, i would love to get this thing rego'd and get the car on the track!

Oh and i am getting a great response from driving the car around from the public. A guy in a R35 GTR was driving beside us and giving the thumbs up and the guy i bought the driveline off was shocked it went into a E30 and the conversion looked so stock. Nice to have comments like that.

[kameleon]

Got alot done today.





I then fitted the EVO M3 alcantra wheel, refitted and plugged firewall grommets, fitted trims correctly where they weren't etc.



Replaced the drivers door lock barrel and got central locking back. Repaired both the door trims as the covering was coming off on the edges. Also replaced the window winders with new items.



The only place to fit a washer bottle. Which is a combination of a Corolla overflow bottle with BMW pump, wiring routed from other side of car and extended and the hoses under the bonnet ran the opposite direction as well. Fits nicely next to the expansion tank. I lost the nice cap i had for this and instead had to cut the tubes off the top of the cap and plastic weld it flat with the soldering iron. Came up ok i guess......

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Have always had poor/no radio reception so checked out the aerial to find that someone has tried to repair themselves and broken the coax internally of the socket (feck....) and the body itself haha. A colleague said he may have one at home from the early days in his toolbox so fingers crossed. If not i will find a non genuine replacement. Will have to repair the coax however.



Also replaced the broken rear seat belt buckles and have started a revision of my front Roll center adjuster/bump steer correction kit. Will be sent off for pricing soon.

About to order all the rear bushes, raised rear subframe, Z3 M diff cover etc.

Custom sway bars etc to follow the engineers/rwc/rego.

[kameleon]

This arrived today



Lots more small jobs to do, life has changed alot for me atm though. Trying to finish 3 cars and sell 1 is taking its toll....

[kameleon]

The silver tops are a restriction, the blacktops are fine. Ultimate outright power you would go true 48's or even 50's.

For the mild cams this engine will see and the other planned modifications they will not be a restriction.

The blacktop Beams has a reputation of being a more torquey and complete 20v.

I agree with that statement :)

[bangn]

loving the blacktop throttles, i just sold my blacktop 20v, 40mm length trumpets and decent ignition system made the most amazing sound at 9k.

are tou putting those on a beams? dont they already have a 4 throttle setup bigger than the blacktop. Beams will be far better, the 20v lacks bottom end torque, you only really get to appreciate that engine on really twisty roads where you can make the most of the higher up powerband

[kameleon]

Got a dash mat, Quite happy with the price and the fact it came with velcro pieces.

In other news i have nutted out the final suspension and steering setup incorporating bump steer correction for the lowered height.

The plan is:-

* Lowering of the front control arms and tie rod end (custom, already drawn up)
* Custom front sway bar to suit the Beams
* strengthened rear control arms
* Raised subframe
* Strengthened sway bar mounts (and a actual sway bar since my car never had one factory)
* Offset diff mount/custom diff mount for rhs

I also have tracked down a Z3 LSD coupe diff in 4.10 ratio with very low kays. After some thought this ratio will keep the N/A engine in the rev range it should be in and with the 6 speed is at 3,200RPM highway speed.

[kameleon]

The guy had been away on holidays so i only got around to picking up the throttles today.

Here they are in all their stock as a rock glory.






Yesterday we went wreckers diving to find a good dash (they just brought a E30 into stock which in the pictures had a mint dash)

Get there and the car has been hacked..... pretty typical here sadly.

Got some good gear though from 2 different wreckers.

Picked up:-

- 4 outer door handles
- Battery relocation in the boot with all the trims
- full set of rear seat belts (as the previous owner of my car wrecked the buckles etc when she had baby seats in the back)
- Genuine Hayman Reece towbar setup
- Various washer bottles for trial in the E30
And some random brake hoses for a friend and a smog pump for my MR2

Oh and two slurpies haha

All that for $100 has got to be some type of record! sunburnt to shit now though.

Being that it will be 43 degrees celcius here tomorrow (around 110 farenheit) doing work on the car will be taking a back seat i think!

[kameleon]

Well i found a set of black top 4AGE throttles for a steal! pick them up this Sunday.

Have been prepping my friends MR2 race car i drive, for a race at Wakefield early January so that has taken time away from the E30 lately.

[kameleon]

To be honest just lowering the castor rod and tie rod end is a easy way to bring those items back to a less bump steer prone angle. That alone will improve things alot.